“You keep pushing people down, sooner or later they rise up.” The Oscar-winning co-screenwriter of BlacKkKlansman and Da 5 Bloods, Kevin Willmott, directs the true story of the 24th Infantry and the Houston Riot of 1917 in #The24th.
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Congratulations to Kansan Kevin Willmott for his Oscar win last evening for Best Adapted Screenplay for the film BlacKkKlansman. Willmott is a film professor at the University of Kansas, and has a long career of sharing history through film making.
#kansashistory
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"I needed to be united with the legacy my parents lived for and died for."
Trai Byers gives a powerful speech in this exclusive clip from #The24th.
The film, from Oscar-winner Kevin Willmott, is available now on FandangoNOW!
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Kevin Willmott on writing Spike Lee’s Vietnam war film #Da5Bloods: “We wanted to show that Black soldiers had a real love for each other... That these guys had a bond that was more than a soldier bond.” #VarietyFYC bit.ly/2WkCTnx
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Arthur Ashe biopic in the works from #Da5Bloods co-writer Kevin Willmott, Hyde Park Entertainment and Warner Music Group
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The 'Aunt Jemima' response has me thinking about Kevin Willmott's mockumentary C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America. It's like a History Channel doc from a world where the Confederacy won the Civil War, but uses that to satirize America today. It ends with this title card:
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2nd DiscussingFilm Critic Awards
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY NOMINEES:
- Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
- Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
- Jack Fincher, Mank
- Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
- Spike Lee, Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo & Kevin Willmott, Da 5 Bloods
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A small, but heartwarming homecoming for Kevin Willmott. That’s the KU Film Professor’s Oscar with him.
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Rep Barbara Ballard on a point of personal privilege honoring Kevin Willmott, Oscar winning director and writer. He lives in Lawrence, KS and teaches at KU.
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What do you all think of the trailer for the 24th written and directed by Kevin Willmott? #FilmTwitter
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Now on my YouTube channel, my interview with Oscar-winning screenplay writer Kevin Willmott on how he adapted Aristophanes' Lysistrata for Spike Lee's Chi-Raq. Lots of new info about the film is revealed! youtu.be/DHB_mwiGGKo
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Congratulations to UCA Artist in Residence, Kevin Willmott on his Oscar win for Best Adapted screenplay for “BlacKkKlansman.”
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Page One: "Da 5 Bloods" (2020), written by Danny Bilson & Paul De Meo and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee
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Page One: 'BlacKkKlansman' (2018), written by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee
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Having the opportunity to meet
Kevin Willmott, an Academy Award Winning film director and screenwriter, on the last day of the 2022 Kansas Legislative Session made my day!
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Researching for interviewing Kevin Willmott re Aristophanes' Lysistrata & CHI-RAQ screenplay later. I find George Walker called his organization for African American actors, launched Harlem 1908, THE FROGS. At vaudeville “Frolic of the Frogs” prizes awarded for best frog costumes
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“It’s our business.”
• Film: BlaKkKlansman (2018)
• Directed by: Spike Lee
• Written by: Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee & Ron Stallworth (book).
• via Instagram.com/screenplayed
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